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By the end of the business day Monday 63,338 Polk County voters had already cast their ballots for the Nov. 6 general election. The Polk County Supervisor of Elections Office has already issued 74,328 absentee ballots to those planning to vote by mail. Wednesday is the last day to request an absentee ballot. Already 45,303 of the mail in ballots have been returned to the Supervisor of Elections Office. To be counted, absentee ballots must by received back to the main elections… Read More »

Both chambers of the Florida Legislature, which are controlled by huge Republican majorities, ended and went home almost immediately after today’s noon start of the session called by Gov. Charlie Crist to consider a constitutional ban on near-shore oil drilling. The House was in session less than an hour; the Senate about two. But the House appointed work groups and the Senate held a committee meeting, all to set the agenda for a wider session in September. The September session will be too… Read More »

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National, state and local politics are covered in this blog by Ledger Political Editor Bill Rufty. Elections, behind-the-scenes maneuvers and what is meant beyond the rhetoric are the objectives of this blog.